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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS NICBRIDE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND EBENEZER FISHER, OF KINCARDINE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

MACHINE FOR ROLLING SHAFTS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,099, dated March 26, 1889.

Application filed May 23, 1888. Serial No. 274,850. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern- Be it known that we, THOMAS MCBRIDE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and EBENEZER FISHER, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Kincardine, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Rolling Shafts, the., of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to improvements in machines for rolling shafting, car, wagon, and carriage axles.

The main object of our invention is to produce shafting of a decimal size, which will be straight and perfectly round, in one and the same operation.

Our invention consists in mounting one of the rolls in sliding bearings, said bearings being adjusted toward or from the other roll by suitable devices, which will insure a perfect alignment and adjustment of said rolls.

Our invention consists, further, in driving the rolls by means of a worm-gearing, so as to insure a uniform movement of the rolls and allow them to impinge on the shaft being rolled with an equal pressure, so as to produce an article of uniform density and temper throughout its entire length.

Our invention consists, further, in the arrangement and construction of adjustable guides and supports, which will hold the shaft being rolled in its proper position with relation to the center of the rolls, and at the same time allow the shaft to be automatically fed forward into the rolls at proper intervals.

Our invention consists, further, in certain? details of construction, which will be fully described hereinafter,` and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the machine. Fig. 1 is a side View of the other portion of the machine. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of a portion of the machine. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the other portion of the machine. Fig. 3 is a sectional end view of the machine taken on the line 0000 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4t is an end View of the machine. Fig. 5 is a front view of one set of guide-plates. Fig. 6 is an end View of one of the guide-plates. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of one of the guide-plates taken on the line y y of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 isaside view of one of the plates which support the guideplates. Fig. 9 is atop or plan view of the device shown in Fig. S. Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 8, taken on the line x of said figure. Fig. 11 is a plan view, partly insection, of the rolls for rolling carriage-axles. Fig. 12 is avertical sectional view of Fig. 11, taken on the line yy. Fig. 13 is an end view of the rolls, showing the supports for the material to be rolled. Fig. 14 is a side view of the device for adjusting the material to the central rolling-line. Fig. 15 is a side view of the bifurcated yoke that opcrates the guides.

A indicates the frame of the machine,which is built in a substantial manner to stand the strain to which the operating parts are subjected, and in which the rolls B and C are mounted in suitable bearings or housings, such as is well known in this class of machines.

The roll B is mounted in stationary bearings, while the roll O is mounted in movable bearings D, provided with suitable adjusting devices and means for operating the same, as will more fully hereinafter appear. The outer ends of the rolls B and C are provided with worm-wheels E, which engage with worms F, formed on the main driving-shaftG, said shaft being mounted in suitable supports at one side of the machine and provided with a bandpulley, I-I, through which motion is imparted to the shaftfrom any suitable source of power.

I is a friction-clutch, which engages with the band-pulley H to change the same from a fast to a loosepulley, said clutch being operated by the arm K and lever L to throw the clutch in or out of engagement with the bandpulley H in a manner well known in this class of devices.

I will now describe the automatic guides for holding the material to be operated upon in its proper relation to the rolls and the devices for operating said guides.

M are metallic bars or plates secured to the frames or housings above and below the rolls by means of headed bolts a, which work in re- IOO eessed grooves Il, t'ormed in said frames, so that the bars or plates M can be adjusted witll relation totlle fixed roll ll. ,lllebz'lrs or plates M are provided with extensions N alld with. slots c, in which the plates (l torht'llding the guides are located. The plates tf) are movably secured ill the extensions of the crosslla'ls lll by means ol` bolts f7. working ill the slots e.

l are the guides` secured to the lower ends otf the plates t) b v means of the bol tsf, passllg tllrough the slots gy, and by which means the guides are held ill position witll relation to the plates (l, the screw-bolts /l servillg to adjust the guides in their proper position before the boltsj' are tightenetfl, and in this way the guides can bc moved toward the rolling center as their edges are worn away. ',lhel

guides l) extend across the entire widtll of l the rolls, so that the bar or shaft to be rolled will be firmly sullportedthroughout its entire length duringl the process ot' rolling. The guides and plates to which they are attached are automatically operated to meet the requirements ot' shafts or rods of different diameters by means ot' the followil'lg devices:

Rr are volies which encircle the axis oll the roll (l, one at each side ol' the machine, said yolies being provided. with bi'ul'tatet'l extensions S, which are ilanget'l, as shown at l', Fig. 2.3, to engage ollsets 7., formed on the plates t), so that as the roll (`l` is llloved back from the roll B, the plates t), with the guides, will be moved from each other ill opposite directions and the space between the guides enlarged; but wllen the roll (l is moved toward the ,roll 'l the guides will aqnlroach each otller and the distance between tllegl'lides diminished, 'l`hi s provides means by wllicll the guides can be set al'ltolnatically to suit shafts or rods of dit'- Aferent sizes by the lllm'elllellt or adjustment ol' the movable .roll t".

l are wedge-shaped bloc ks supported from the plates (l by means of the llelltbolts Y, the inclilled portions of said blot-ks being designed to rest against; the inclined portions of the yolies, which prevent the guides :t rom being forced back, from a lille parallel with the axis of the rolls by the material which is being ilperated upoll.

As before stated, the rollsI l and (V- are lllounted in suitable llearings or boxes in the i'ralne of the nlaiilhille, the faces of said rolls being provided with one or nlore flattened portions, m, and so timed in their movements with rel-ation to each other that the flattened portions will be facing each other when they "reach the point wllere the shaft or rod is illtroduced to be operated upon by the rolls, thus providing all open space illto which the shaft or rod is moved forward the proper distance before the circular portions of the periphery of the rolls inlpinge upon the article being rolled.

The rolls B and (l are provided with annuw lar grooves n to arrest the oil, water, alld scale and i'lrevent the same from working' Vinto the bliearillgs or journals of the rolls, and thus ohviate lllldlle wear of the journals and jourllalboxes.

'lhe journal-boxes of each of the rolls are provided with screw-bolts o, having heads j), and a jalnsnut, r, to hold said bolts in their proper position. The otlice or function of the bolt-s o is to hold the rolls the propel' distance apart, so that they will be ijlerfeetly solid and will at all times retain their proper positions. The heads of thebolts in one journal-box conling in contact with the heads oi' the bolts in the other journal-box prevents the rolls from moving toward each other, and in this way a true alld perfect alignment of the rolls is at all times preserved no matter what alnolnlt of strain the rolls may be subjected to.

lV and lll" are screw-shafts working within suitialille screw-nuts located in the rear ends of the jourl'lal-boxes of the roll C. The screwshai'ts lV and ll" are mounted ill suitable bearings, and are provided with gear-wheels A A, which are driven by the devices which will now be described.

l5 is a frictiolil-roll nloullted on the lllaill driving-sllz'lii't G, which imparts motion to the fl.ietion-wheel l, said wheel being mounted ill bearing l), which is supported by the toggle-levers l). 'lhe bearing D Ais held from lateral alld longitudinal displacenlent by the bal-s lil', which are secured to the boxes of the bearing and. to the boxes E, which surround the nlain d living-shaft. The lower ends of the toggle-levels D are secured to the bed of the machine, while their central portiolls are secured to inner ends oi' the rod E', the outer ends of said. rods being secured to the arlll lf of the shaft G', the shaft; G being operated bythe handlever l. The frictionwheel l5 imparts motion to the wheel B, which, when in the position shown in Fig. 4, imparts motion to the wheel C', mounted on the shaft (1.

The inner end of the shaft C is provided witll a pinion-wheel, l'i, which meshes witll the gear-wheels A and A on the shafts lV and ll. The sllaft lV is also provided with a friction-wheel, Il, which receives motion from the friction-wheel l when the Same is brought into contact with it.

The otlice or function of the devices just described is to move the roll C toward or from the stationary roll B, and the operation is as follows: lVhen it is desired to impart motion to the screw-shafts lV W to move the roll forward, the friction-wheel B is brought into Contact with the friction-wheel Cf, by the manipulation of the hand-lever Gr, which imparts motion to the shaft C and to the wheels A A on the shaft lV and lV' by means ot' the pillion-wlleel ll on t-lle end of the shaft C, and when it is desired to move the roll C back the l`l.'ictiollwlleel C is brought into contact with the friction-wheel Il on the shaft W by drawing the lever G out to straighten the toggles D. This Areverses the movement ol the shafts lV and 'W' and moves the roll (J IOO IIO

quickly rearward. It will be understood that when the shafts to be rolledare of a uniform size it will not be necessary to change the position of the roll C when it has been once properly set and adjusted; but when axles for wagons, ttc., are to be rolled in both a hot and cold condition it may be necessary to have frequent adjustments of the rolls, and in this case rolls of the proper taper and form are substituted for the plain rolls. The material to be rolled, as has been intimated, is fed in at the side of the machine on a line parallel with the axis of the rolls and emerges through an opening in the other side of the machine, and, as has also been indicated, the rolls are made flatr in certain portions in order that the shaft being rolled may be fed forward at proper intervals, and in order to do this automatically and at the proper moment of time I employ the following' devices: I" is a metal plate or disk secured to the outer end of the roll B by means of screw-bolts s passing through the segmental slots into the end of the roll. The obj ect of having the slots segmental is to allow the disk or plate I' to be adjusted to any desired position on the end of the roll. The plate or disk I" is provided with a dovetailed groove, K', to receive the correspondingly-shaped heads of the studs` K, said studs being screw-threaded at their outer ends to receive a screw-threaded nut, u, and by which said studs are held in position in the groove K' and rendered capable of being adjusted or fixed at any desired point in said groove K'.

L' is a lever pivoted at one end to the side of the machine, while the other or free end projects into the path of the stud K" and by which said lever is operated, the throw of said lever being regulated by the distance the studs are located from the periphery of the disk I".

L" is a rod held in suitable guides, o, and supported by a spring, a', said rod being bent at the top to a right angle to enter a slot, a, formed in the lever L'. The object of the slot o. is to allow the arm of the rod L to have certain amount of motion therein, so the rod will notimpinge on the sides of the guides fu. The lower end of the rod L" is provided with a pawl, l\I','which engages with aratohetwheel, M, mounted on the shaft N', said shaft being also provided with a sprocket-wheel, N which operates the sprocket-chain O', said sprocket-chain being connected to the shaft or rod, which is being rolled in any suitable manner, so as to feed the same forward into the rolls at each downward movement of the lever L', the motion of the lever being so timed by t-he posit-ion of the studs K" that the shaft or bar will be advanced between the rolls when the fiat portions of said rolls have reached the rolling center.

O" is a support mounted on the bracket P', secured to the side of the machine, asimilar support, P", being placed between the housings ofthe rolls to more effectually support the article which is being rolled.

R are thimbles mounted in the supports O" and P", said thimbles being made in two parts and held loosely in such supports by the flanges b. Vhen it is desired to roll axles or shafts from square or irregularshaped metal bars, the openings in the thimbles are made to conform to the shape being rolled, so that the thimbles and bar will revolve together when acted upon by the rolls B and C.

For the purpose of setting the guides and adjusting the material to be rolled to the proper rolling center, I employ the following devices:

R' is a bar of any suitable material, through which are passed the bolts b, said bolts being connected at their lower ends by the cross-bar c to form a stirrup, the upper ends of said bolts being screw-threaded to receive the thumb-nuts c", and by which the bolts b" and cross-bars c are raised and lowered.

S' is a metal plate secured to the side of the bar R' in a firm and substantial manner, the lower end of said plate being bifurcated. The ends of the bifurcated portions of the plate are drawn to a fine point and adapted to lie close to the sides of the bolts Z9", on both of which is formed a linear scale, a4. The points of the bifurcated plate indicate the rolling center, so that when the bar R"-one on each side of the machine-has been laid on the journals of the rolls B and C and the testing-shaft S" laid on the crossbars c' the thumb-nuts are t rned to raise or lower the bolts b', so that the center of said shaft will be on a line with the center of the rolls. The guides P are now adjusted so as to impinge on the testing-shaft S". After the guides have been secured in position the testing-shaft S" is removed, the bars R" taken from one of the journals of the rolls, and the shaft to be rolled inserted between the rolls C B.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a machine for rolling metal, the combination of two rolls geared to run at a uniform rate of speed, and each having a fiat surface throughout its length, the rolls being so arranged that the flat surfaces will face each other during each revolution to allow the material to be fed forward, and one roll being adjustable toward and from the other, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a machine for rolling metal, the combination of two rolls geared to run at a uniform rate of speed, one roll being adjustable toward and from the other, and adjustable upper and lower guides or supports between said rolls to support and hold the material being rolled, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a machine for rolling metal, the com- IOO IIO

bination of the rollB, mounted in permanent bearings, the roll C, mounted in adjustable bearings, adjustable upper and lower guides between said rolls to support and hold the material being rolled, and yokes R, to control. the said guides, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a machine `for rolling metal, having two rolls, one ot' which has stationary bearings and the other of which is movable t0- vward and from the flrst, the combination,

with the journals of the movable roll, of upper and lower guide-plates to guide and support the material being rolled, and yokes R, secured to the journals of the movable roll, and provided with inclined arms S, to engage and adjust the guide-plates, substantially as shown and described.

5. The guides P, adjustably secured to the plates 0, in combination with the adjustable plates M, whereby the guides are adapted to be adjusted in a vertical and horizontal direction, as set forth. j

6. The combination of the plates O, the yoke R, provided with arms S, and the wedges T, the said wedges being adapted to engage the edges of the arms S, whereby the guides are held against displacement, substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination, with the rolls B C and their journalboxes or housings, of the screwbolts o, having heads p and jam-nuts m, the bolts in opposite boxes projecting into contact with each other, whereby the rolls are prevented from approaching each other, substantially as shown and described.

S. The roll B, provided with disk l" and the adjustable bolts K, in combination with the lever L', bar L", pawl M', ratchet-wheel M sp rocket-wheel N and chain O ,whereby the material is automatically fed into the rolls, as set forth.

9. The combination, with the j ournal-boxes of roll C, of the screw-shafts 1V 1V', connected with said boxes, the gear-wheels A' A" on said screwshafts, and a connection between the wheels A' A" and the main shaft, substantially as shown and described.

l0. In a machine for rolling iron, having a stationary and movable roll, the combination, with the journal-boxes of the movable roll, of screws connected therewith to move said roll back and forth, and areversingsgear connected with said screws to turn them in one direction or the other, substantially as shown and described.

ll. The combination, with the roll C and its journal-boxes, the screw-shaft NV 1V', connected with said boxes, the gearwhecls A A" on said shafts and a 'frictiolrwheel on one of the same, of a shaft, C", carrying a frictionwheel, C', and a pinion, the latter being in gear with both the wheels A' A", the togglelevers D, and the friction-wheel B", mounted thereon, a main driving-shaft and a friction wheel, B', thereon, and a lever and connections ior throwing the friction-wheel B" into contact with either of the wheels B or (1', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

12. rlhe combination, with the rolls of a machine for rolling metal, of a work guide and support consisting` of a rotating thimble or box mounted in a supporting arm or bracket, and adapted to embrace and hold the article being rolled and to turn therewith, substantially as shownv and described.

13. A mechanism for adjusting the article to be rolled to the proper rolling center, consisting of the combination of the bar R", bolts h, cross-bar C', indicating-plate S', and nuts c", as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS MCBRIDE. E. FISI-1ER. lVitnesses:

WILLIAM MCBRIDE, GEORGE Mcnrnn. 

